Fished a half-day “Kids Fish, Too!” morning trip today Andrew T.(dad) and Simon T.(son)of N. Austin. Andrew is a salesman with Dell Computers and brought his 4th grade boy on the water for some Spring Break fishing action. Simon is a wonderfully articulate kid and was just a joy to have aboard.

SIMON NAILED THIS NICE BUCKETMOUTH ON A BOMBER CRANKBAIT

Start Time: 7:30a


End Time: 11:30a


Air Temp: 62F at trip’s start, and warming to near 80 in the afternoon.


Water Surface Temp: ~61-63F

Wind: Winds were flat calm the entire trip.

Skies: Skies were fair.

As we have on most every trip this week, we began today downrigging just to have baits in the water while I got a feel for what the fish, bait and weather had in store for us. This morning, we found some early, consistent action on the downriggers in the vicinity of Area 108 through Area 54. We ran Pet Spoons and White Willows and they produced equally well, giving up a total of 8 fish. After about 30 minutes on the riggers, we passed over Area 143 twice, hooked up both times, and both times saw fish just off bottom on sonar. I buoyed these fish, we cut the motor and trolled in for some jigging action. Although it was short lived, the jigging action was exciting. We landed 11 fish in short order, all right at exactly 11 3/8 inches long. Once these fish shut down on the slab, they no longer responded to the downrigger, either.

We moved wholesale and finished out the trip with a solid flatline regime at Area 405. We ran one white Bomber and one silver Bomber. They both got hit equally and often, yielding a tally of 16 additional fish on the flatline troll in about 90 minutes, including 2 pretty hefty blacks. By 11:30 everything had played out. There was still not a breath of wind and no birds in sight. My hope for a mid-morning deepwater was nil and so we called it a good day right at the 4 hour mark with 35 fish boated for our efforts.

TALLY = 35 FISH, all caught and released

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